Associations to the word «Syntagma»

Wiktionary

SYNTAGMA, noun. A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit; a construction.
SYNTAGMA, noun. A sequence of linguistic units in a syntagmatic relationship to one another.
SYNTAGMA, noun. A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).

Dictionary definition

SYNTAGMA, noun. A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley